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ASwiog
AwayFrom
Swinging
by
Ca
role Riner
Matc-swappillg, group sex,
~opcn
maniage," and lcinlcier forms of cxpcri–
mentation may have just caugbt on
in
sorne back-water arcas. But many old–
time swingers who led the way during
the sixties sex revolution have droppcd
out. opting instead for
a
more stable,
"meaningful
relationship~
based
on
mu–
tual respect and all'ection.
What happened
10
Bob and
Ca
rol and
Ted and Atice? Assistant professor of
sociology
Duane Derúield ofthe Univer-
5Íty
of Connecticut did a study and
found that
a
lot of free s,pirits found they
didn't enjoy their erobe hedooism .as
much as they thougbt they would. Old–
fa.shiooed baogups like guüt, disgust,
and jealousy took tbeir toU. Tbey had
uoublc witb boreclom, got too involved
with non-spouses. or found their mates
couldn't handle it emotionally.
Thc hard-sell approach used by
swi.nging enthusiasts did get recruits for
the cause, but most dropped out after a
few months. Dr. Robert
C.
Kolodny,
di–
rector of endocrine research ar the
Reproductive Biology Rcscarch Foun–
dation in St. Louis, found tbat most
swingers he studied !asted a year and a
half at tbe outside. Tbe fatigue and
suain of coDII&Dtly fi.nding oew part·
ners, plus the hurt and psychological
dama,ge caused by lack of any real emo–
tional stability made their frantic life–
style short lived.
Kolodny partially blames the econ–
omy for this downtum, saying that "in
times of economic hardsbip people tend
10 revert 10 more conse<Vative behav–
ior.~
Gübert BarteU, coauthor of
Group
s~x.
concurs: "Tbese are depressed aod
unsenled times. There's a more somber
feeling among people, a retrc.at from
sexual frivolity."
Or per!uops jaded swingers have dis–
covered the bard way that the Seventh
Commandment is reaUy where it's at
aner al!.
o
VD-
A
Worldwide
Epidemic
Í>r
E. K.
Stun:ite
Al leas! 70 million people worldwide
are expected to cootract gooorrbea this
year. Acoording to the Workl Heahb
Or–
ganization, !bis epidemic is a coosid–
erable
souroe
of
worry
in just about
every country in the world, with the ex–
ccptaon ofRed China.
Tbese startling
statistics,
among many
others. werc brougbt out recently in
a
cover s10ry of the German news weeldy,
!Hr SplegeL
J'wo
decades.after the
"vio-
W
i1hout
sex, you wouldn't
be
around to read thls. Sex has
been stigmatized and sen–
sationalized; yet today's sexual
revolutlon has not brought
human happiness and well–
being.
Now you
can
ünderstand
the reason why.
Here's a 64-page booklet titled
ls Sex Sin? lt reveals the God–
ordained purposé of sex. The
booldet
is
notpomographicand it
isn't a sex manual. lnstead, it is a
frank discuss1on on what the
Bible says about sex and mar–
riage.
No
young adult
or
married
couple should
be
without this
know1edge.
lt is written for adult minds but
ls
a handy referen<:e tool for par–
entswhen
discussing
thesubject
with their children.
1t
shows
how
you
can
achieve
a
balanced
view–
point and counter wrong val–
ues. You can recelve a free copy
by retuming the accompanying
coupon. There'snocnargeorob–
ligation.
WEEK ENDINO MAY 24,
l97S
IOry" over venereal diseases througb
penicillin, the classic disease of the gen–
itals and many new ones are again rid–
ing tbe crest of
a
wave of sexual
promiscuity. Doctors put the blame on
the !bree P's, says
Dt r Splegel:
promis–
cuity, permissiveness aod the pill. Tbe
pill is named as one of the villains not
only because itloosens moral resuaints,
but also for physiological reasons.
Tbrougb talcing tbe pill, tbe chemical
balanoe of the vagina is altered. malcing
it more susceptible to tbe growth of tbe
micro-o<ganisrns
wbich
cause venereál
diseases.
Not only
are
the "old-fa.shioned" gén–
il31 diseases on the upswing again, but
also
a
vast host of venercaí newcomers
trooble today's liberal lovemakers.
(See
the
acoompaoyin~
article,
"New Penal–
ties for Promiscuaty.")
E
ven hepatitis ls
now suspected as being transmittallte
tb.rougb sexual contact.
D~r
Splegel
also cited a study made
by the World Healtb Organization
in
Scandinavia
wbicb found that education
and healtb instruction do not necessarily
decrease
tbe
rate of venereal disease, ·
Koowledge is of no value, they found,
if
"faithfulness is only an empty word 10
them."
1t
may take two to tango. but
it
takes
!bree for
VD.
As
the anicles on page
10
explain, a "thitd party" is necessary be–
rore venereal disease could attack an
otherwise
faitbfuJ
nwried
couple.
FaithJ\d–
ness is the
onl:y
possible preventative
lo the worldwide scourge of
VD.
o
TheSilent
Epidemic
Over 'a
fiftb
of infant deaths - that's
five or six eacb day
in
Brilain and over
sixty daily in the U.S. - are from
"unknown causes," "respiratory failure,"
or "anoxia."
Tbis
tragedy has become
known
as
"col death"
in
England or
"crib death" in the U.S.
Most of these uagedies nced not
oc–
cur, acoording 10 new medieal research.
Tbe Nuflield Centre for Medica! Re–
search oonfirms what many doctors bave
long suspected: Col death is almos! cer–
tainly a reaction 10 dietary proteins.
Exposure
to foreign proteins (animal
millcs. cereals,
•w>
before
a
baby is
ready for them may sooner or later
in–
duce some degrec of allergíc reaction.
This Varíes from simple digestive distur–
bance,
slcin
rashes, astbma, and beart
damage 10 severe clr fatal shock.
Tbere may be, of course, yet undis–
covered facton. But indisputably cot
death is e>:tremely rare among babies
who are brea.st-fed - witbout supple–
ments- for some montbs.
For tbe vast majority of babies, then,
there
is
a 5impte and obvious protection.
E.ach motber ought 10 breast-feed ber
baby from bittb. Most oounlries have
women's organlzations estab1isbed to
advise oew mothers. sucb
as
Lo
L«M
Útlp~
or Britain's
NaJiolllll Clrllábirtlo
TIVSI.
O
• Why did God
cre<ite sex?
ls celibacy
Christian?
Pasadena, California 91123
Please send me·a
copy of
the-booklet
/s
Sex
Sin?
1 understand there ls no charge
or
obfigalion.
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